# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 798
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15941 "2014-08-02T11:12:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Several Republican members of the House went to a Mexican restaurant to celebrate their anti-DREAMer vote. Seriously. Haw haw, the kitchen staff spit in their food… ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15942 "2014-08-02T13:36:12Z")
And who were the leading members in forcing the House to vote on this anti-Dreamer bill? The Crazy Twins: Steve King and Michele Bachmann. Oy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15943 "2014-08-02T14:19:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Holocaustic privatization? Would the ultimate solution result in outsourcing? **Shipping our illegal immigrant children to some other distant country for dispatch? Afghanistan, perhaps?** (my bold) If this is a cynical reference to letting our “illegal” residents join the Marines to go overseas and get killed in battle, it is the most fucking brilliant piece of social commentary I’ve seen in a very long time. If that’s not entirely what you meant, I _still_ salute your trenchant cynicism. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15944 "2014-08-02T16:08:24Z")
This is [a pretty lame-ass campaign ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6etfJgZQ7A) – the “donkey whisperer” apparently feeds his animals enormous amounts of straw. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15945 "2014-08-02T19:52:48Z")
It’s a victory for Speaker Cruz! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15946 "2014-08-02T20:04:25Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This is [a pretty lame-ass campaign ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6etfJgZQ7A) – the “donkey whisperer” apparently feeds his animals enormous amounts of straw. “They don’t live in the United States of France - they live in the United States of America!” . . . 😕 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15947 "2014-08-02T20:40:55Z")
What happens when these idiots get to Washington? Do the big kids stuff them into lockers or sell them elevator passes? 'Cuz I’d be tempted. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15948 "2014-08-02T21:31:57Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It’s a victory for Speaker Cruz! Is he the Speaker of the Senate now? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15949 "2014-08-02T23:40:51Z")
That Roger Williams ad has commenting disabled. They really don’t want to hear from people, do they? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15950 "2014-08-03T00:13:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > That Roger Williams ad has commenting disabled. They really don’t want to hear from people, do they? I’ll give him that one. It is Youtube, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15951 "2014-08-03T03:02:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :rolleyes: Medical experiments! What an idiot! The plan is to use them for sex trafficking! Shhh! _Organ harvesting._ Wouldn’t you like a nice, young kidney? Might be a little dehydrated, but we can work with it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15952 "2014-08-03T03:26:45Z")
Dr. Ben Carson is apparently [considering a run for President in 2016](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/08/01/ben-carson-moves-closer-to-2016-presidential-run/). I’m not sure if this counts as a bad Republican idea or a horrifying one. The primary candidate debates are likely to be entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15953 "2014-08-03T04:13:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Is he the Speaker of the Senate now? It’s pretty obvious that he has more control of the House than the actual speaker does now. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15954 "2014-08-03T04:39:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Maus Magill > > It’s a victory for Speaker Cruz! > > Is he the Speaker of the Senate now? Orson Scott Card wrote a book about him – _Speaker for the Brain-Dead_. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15955 "2014-08-03T05:22:41Z")
I read a very very good short story by Clarke many years ago, and though the theme is not quite relevant, if only the title, _Death and the Senator_, were. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15956 "2014-08-03T12:12:07Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > Shhh! _Organ harvesting._ Wouldn’t you like a nice, young kidney? Might be a little dehydrated, but we can work with it. Well, there goes [Smapti](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16437291&postcount=21). ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15957 "2014-08-03T15:42:12Z")
GOP Candidate Disproves Climate Change With Simple Scientific Device > **[GOP Candidate ‘Disproves’ Climate Change With Simple Scientific Device](https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-candidate-disproves-climate-change-with-simple-scientific-device)** > > The Bayou State’s answer to Sarah Palin thinks global warming is a ‘hoax,’ because thermometers. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15958 "2014-08-03T19:10:03Z")
Is that an oral thermometer, or Republican? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15959 "2014-08-03T19:20:35Z")
Look at the eyes, they will tell you where the thermometer is. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15960 "2014-08-03T19:23:58Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > GOP Candidate Disproves Climate Change With Simple Scientific Device > > [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/03/gop-candidate-s-fake-science.html](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/03/gop-candidate-s-fake-science.html) Disprove scientific consensus with ONE SIMPLE TRICK discovered by a MOM in Louisiana ! The field of climatology as a whole HATES her ! Click to find out why ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=797) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=799)